Tender Filet Review & Giveaway

I love trying new foods! So when Amy from Grinning Cheek to Cheek told me she was looking for bloggers to do a review and giveaway for Tender Filet – I jumped at the opportunity! What better way to try out a new food than to review it on my blog and share with all of you?!

Tender Filet sells restaurant-quality products and ships them directly to your door on dry ice. Tender Filet sells a wide range of lamb, premium aged steaks, seafood, and more! Each shipment comes with a helpful guide to preparing your meal along with some recipes for inspiration. The next time you’re planning a dinner party or don’t have the time to visit a butcher, head on over to Tender Filet and let them save you the worry with their vast selection of products.

Each of the four bloggers participating in this opportunity chose products from different categories to review (and giveaway)! My husband and I have been wanting to try lamb for awhile now but just couldn’t commit to paying for it without knowing if we’d like it or not. I have always thought of lamb as suited for fine dining and it wasn’t something that my mom ever made growing up. Now I don’t know if that’s because of the price or the flavor but because it wasn’t an everyday food in our house, I’ve always associated with fine dining.

Lamb seems to be one of those foods you either love or hate. Always one to buck the trend, the jury is still out for me on this one. Most times I’m willing to try food a couple of times before making a final judgement on it. While the boneless leg of lamb I received was a beautiful cut of meat and obviously of high quality, I’m not sure I’m a lamb lover quite yet. It’s quite possible my palate isn’t as refined as those that love lamb from the get go. So, when creating a recipe for the lamb I tried to find ingredients that were equally as bold. My husband and I created a Chunky Lamb Green Chili recipe and the flavor combination of the tomatillos, jalapenos, and spices really helped to tame the strong flavor of the lamb and make it an everyday type meat.

Giveaway Prize:

If you haven’t tried lamb, I urge you give it a try and what better way to try a new food than for free?! Tender Filet is generously providing one lucky reader with the same prize I received – a 3.5-4 pound boneless leg of lamb! (ARV $84!)

MANDATORY ENTRY

Visit Tender Filet and leave a comment with your favorite item. Please leave your email in at least one of your comments so I can notify you if you win. (1 entry)

EXTRA ENTRIES (these only count if the MANDATORY ENTRY is completed first – one comment for each item)

Like Tender Filet and Texas Type A Mom on Facebook with your personal profile (not your blog) and leave your first name and last initial. (1 entry each)

Follow Texas Type A Mom on Twitter AND tweet about this giveaway (daily), then comment with the link to the tweet. You can copy and paste this tweet: “#Win free meat from @tenderfilet in a #giveaway from @texastypeamom http://bit.ly/j2eQSv ends 7/11″ (1 entry)

This giveaway is open to U.S. residents ages 18 and older and ends July 11, 2011 at 11:59pm (CST). Winner will be selected via random.org and contacted via email. One entry per person, per IP address. Cheating by using multiple email addresses will not increase your odds of winning and will only get you banned. Winner must respond to my email within 48 hours or a new winner will be drawn. Good luck!

FTC Disclosure: Product, credit, or service was provided to me by the sponsor, no other compensation was provided. All opinions expressed are my own.